Attachment: cross cultural variations

Question 1

What did vjzanizendoorms and krookenburg do?

Answer 1

They conducted a meta analysis study of the strange situation

Question 2

What was the sample of the study?

Answer 2

-32 studies
-8 countries
-1990 p’s

Question 3

What did they find?

Answer 3

-type b (secure) was most common across all countries
-Germany had the highest number of infants identifying with type a
-Japan has the highest number of infants identifying with type c

Question 4

What was a strength to the study?

Answer 4

-large sample size (1990 p’s)

Question 5

What was a negative to the study?

Answer 5

• only 8 countries so not really cross cultural
  -imposed etic results in cultural bias -methodology favoured at us and europe